Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-19
HAwAUT,s MOUNTAIN FTEND.
The Kings sister Sacrifices Hcrself q
the codes Pe1es
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald
HONOLULU, Feb. IL, lsS5.-There II weeping and
wailing to-day among the mild eyed Kanakas In
this far OF kingdom OF the Sunset Sea All that ID
mortal OF the well beloved Princess Like Like, the
youngest sister OF his majest King Kalakaua, will
DC deposited on the csth inst. side by side with
Snose OF the other Percentages who have gone be-
iore 70 their last resting place In the royal mauso.
icum- The princess Was Q woman OF more than
ordinary intelligence. and had improved herself BY
much reading and study. Her manners were easy
ana graceful She was the wife OF A. B. Cleghorn,
AT one time amemoer OF the kings cabinet and by
hm mao one child, little Girl now nine years oe
az, anis little miss, provided she lives, win In
affairs Of the Kingdom she being in the line OF sue.
cession 70 the throne " WV ~ - w.
, But notwishstanding the intelligence OF Like
the Foreign population for years ana years-thero
was yet strain OF natural superstition In her
TO this. II reports be true we may now al tribute
her untimely taking on. For centuries back or "A
far rs run the Hawaiian annals, there has been a
belief among the people that the eruptions OF
Mauna Loa and kilauea were the means taken nv
the goddess Pele 20 show her dispeasure az mortal
events IL was also held-and the RECENTLY re>,ur.
rected order of kahunas and soothsayers encour.
aged the bellef-that the only means to appesse
the goddess wrath was by the sacrifice OF some Of
the royal family. Time and again. when ths.s0
awful volcanoes have deluged the Surrounding
county with their fiery fow and shaken the coral
taken place, whether with the desired effect or noe
the chroniclers say not.
The volcano OF Mauna Loa recently broke out A
dispatches 10 the Herald have already stated into
a violent eruption. This eruption, the first In
twenty-five years caused the superstitious natiyes
TO believe that Pele had put her war paint on and
was showing her anger at the things that be- The
natives from their huts watched the lurid light
that shone upon the mountain top, and knew that
the goddess was reaching out her nery arms for o
victim OF the royal blood. The kahunas who have
lately gained once more the favor OF the king de-.
clared that Pele must be appeased 10 arrest the
fearful doom which they said must come
They had not FAR 10 search Tor one who would
make the fearful sacrifice, and while the rumbling
OF the volcano made awful thunder the Princess
sister OF the king-the nearest TO the THRONE
would lay down her life 10 stop the fearful now
She openly proclaimed that she gloried TO make n
martyr OF herself for her country and her people:
and though In the prime OF life and with the mos
pect OF a crown before her, she made her final
preparations and lay down 10 await the end. ID Ia
played no unimportant part, and that while act
Ing as her guardians and advisers they were In
fact practicing their dark arts upon her and
hurrytng her onward to the end.
For days and days she lay among these people
and during all that time not particle OF food was
allowed 20 pass her lips. Death was not speedily
coming to one 50 fun OF life and vitality as sbe had
been, but starvation did its work at last, and
while the kahunas sat about and their incanta-
lions went on the spirit OF the princess left her
body and the sacrifice was at an end For 2Odays
her remains are 10 lie In state and on the 2fh the
iron portals OF the mausoleum close In upon them
forever.
That this good woman was cruelty sacr1f,ced 20
the superstition OF the kahunas Is an open secret
at the islands but the strangest part to tell Is
the Awful ceased 70 belch its lava forth, and for
days AFTER was In comparative quiet, and then the
hoary old soothsayers went about among the peo-
pie with many q nod and mystic sign, as who
should say, "DidnJ We foreJell all thisf" and Co
day their power Is greater In the land than since
the, the days when Captain Cook laid his bones upon